Dublin West (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Dublin West Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Dublin West shown within County Dublin | |
| Created: | 1981 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | Dublin |
| EP constituency: | Dublin |
Dublin West (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Thiar) is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 52,676 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The area of west Dublin in recent years is probably the most redrawn constituency in the Republic of Ireland. The constituency is currently made up of the Castleknock and most of the Mulhuddart electoral areas of Fingal County Council and the Palmerstown part of the Lucan electoral area of South Dublin County Council. Currently the constituency forms a rough rectangular shape encompassing Mulhuddart and Corduff in the top left then east to Blanchardstown and Castleknock, south to Palmerstown and then west to Carpenterstown, Barberstown, Clonsilla and Ongar.
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[edit] History
A Dublin West constituency was created for the first time under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 [1] and was first used for the 1981 general election. It drew its electorate from the abolished constituencies of Dublin County West, Dublin Ballyfermot and Dublin Cabra together with a small part of Dublin South East. Following the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998 which took effect for the 2002 general election, the constituency was reduced in size and representation, being the largest source of voters for the new Dublin Mid West seat. As a result it was reduced from a five member constituency to a three member constituency.
[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann
| Election | 1st Member (Party) |
2nd Member (Party) |
3rd Member (Party) |
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| 29th Dáil (2002) |
Brian Lenihan, Jnr (Fianna Fáil) |
Joe Higgins (Socialist Party) |
Joan Burton (Labour Party) |
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| 30th Dáil (2007) |
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[edit] 2007 Election
| 2007 General Election: Dublin West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan, Jnr | 11,125 | 32.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Leo Varadkar | 6,928 | 20.4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Labour Party | Joan Burton | 5,799 | 17.1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 5,066 | 14.9 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Felix Gallagher | 1,624 | 4.8 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerry Lynam | 1,601 | 4.7 | |||
| Green Party | Roderic O'Gorman | 1,286 | 3.8 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Mags Murray | 553 | 1.6 | |||
[edit] 2002 Election results
| 2002 General Election: Dublin West | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan, Jnr | 8,086 | 26.96 | 1 | 1 | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | 6,442 | 21.48 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour Party | Joan Burton | 3,810 | 12.71 | 3 | 6 | |
| Fine Gael | Sheila Terry | 3,694 | 12.32 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 2,404 | 8.02 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Doherty Ryan | 2,300 | 7.67 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Tom Morrissey | 2,370 | 7.90 | |||
| Green Party | Robert Bonnie | 748 | 2.49 | |||
| Christian Solidarity | John Smyth | 134 | 0.45 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
